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wheelie

Speech parts

1. wheelie - Noun

2. wheelie - Adjective

3. wheelie - Verb

Meaning

(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.
Synonyms: (Australia, Britain) mono, wheelstand
Jim fell off his bike when he was trying to do a wheelie.

(informal, chiefly Australia) A wheelchair user.

wheelie (third-person singular simple present wheelies, present participle wheelying or wheelieing, simple past and past participle wheelied)

(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
Synonym: wheelstand

wheelie (comparative wheelier or more wheelie, superlative wheeliest or most wheelie)

(informal) Alternative spelling of wheely (“having wheels; mounted on wheels”).
wheelie bag  wheelie bin

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder over the death of a young woman who was found in a wheelie bin in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Source: Internet

A colleague told me his whole family voted for Brexit because “the EU forced his dad to have a plastic wheelie bin rather than his beloved steel bin”. Source: Internet

In an effort to crack down on drag racers and wheelie freaks in Bengaluru city, the police have ordered action against the traffic rule violators. Source: Internet

I bought roller skates, a yo-yo, those wheelie shoes,” he continued. Source: Internet

But a few carrier bags worth of rubbish each month is a long way from the full wheelie bin I used to drag onto the pavement every fortnight. Source: Internet

He dragged her towards a wheelie bin, took out a bottle of bleach and poured its contents over her head, followed by a container of petrol. Source: Internet

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